ZOOM, Series I; 336

Zoom show number 336 WGBH-TV, Boston. Presentation of this program is made possible in part by a grant from General Foods Corporation and by public television stations and a grant from the Ford Foundation. Everybody's doing it, everybody's pooping it Everybody's having a ball, yeah So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom

I'm Mike My name's Rose I'm Hector I'm Donna I'm Timmy My name's Sean. I'm Dini. Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Nothing from you. We need you, so won't you zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom? Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. Come on, give it a try. zoom is made possible by grants from mcdonald's corporation and mcdonald's restaurants fund

and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Lots of kids write in and ask to see their favorite parts of Zoom again. This week, we're going to show some of the most popular segments. So on with the show. It's time to roll out the barrel. Here's a barrel sent in by Darren Rush of Lena, Wisconsin. It's called the balloon pop. Choose two people to play, then each one blow up two balloons and ties one to each ankle. The object of the game is to pop your opponent's balloon by stepping on them without letting him pop your balloons. The last one with a balloon on his ankle wins. And to find out what's inside today. Oh, without popping your own. Roll up your pants.

Don't worry, just tie it around, just tie it around that ankle with me on the side. Just tie it around the pants. You did this in school. Bigger, bigger, bigger. If it pops. No, not too big, not too big. You know what this reminds me of? What? Ophelia. Ophelia! You scared me. What? You thought you killed yourself or something. Mr. Scared me. You look like a scarecrow. Oh, should you tie it on the end? We tied it to his ankle like this. I know someone will stop you out. I'll step on your foot. Step on your foot. Step on your foot. Ready? Go! Get us! Get us! Yeah! Come on! Come on, Bernadette! Come on, Bernadette! Right now, it's a matter of who wins.

Right now, it's a matter of who wins. I don't know. Hey, boy! I know! Hi, Charlie, ready to go for a ride? Dear Zoom, I have a sister, Beth, who has been riding Morgan horses since she was about five years old. Let me take this chain off your nose. Morgans, which came from New England, are the first American breed of horses. That's a good boy, Charlie. Oh, stop it. I think Beth would make a great Zoom guest. Signed, Grace Jackson. Your forelock looks like a mess. Make all your hair look... Okay, Terry, let's go.

When I train Charlie for a show, I have to work not only on how he performs, but also on how I handle him. So the training period is really for both of us. Okay. Good boy. When I'm training Charlie to do a figure eight, I need to use my commands of my hands and my legs very accurately so that he knows how to do his circles, nice and round, so they're usually about the same size. Good boy, very good. Easy. Easy. Boop. Very good. Boop. Close. With Charlie, I have to work on the stretching exercise

because when you're in a show and you line up and the judge comes to look at you, you want your horse to look his best. Good boy. Boop. Good boy. Nice, easy jump. Okay, drop. Good boy, drop. Easy. I feel proud about training Charlie, because when he goes to a show and does well, even if he doesn't get a ribbon, as long as he pleases me, it does make me feel good, because I think that I have done something to make him a good horse. After working with Charlie for an afternoon,

I love just going up in the woods and letting him go and galloping up the road. Sometimes Charlie and I are just in our own world because nobody's there and I can just sit back on him and let him take me for a ride. he's my friend because if i get mad or i want to talk something over with somebody but it's not something that i want to tell my sister or my parents or my friends or anything but i want to tell somebody that won't repeat it to anybody then i go out and i can talk to charlie and i I know, I'll never tell anybody. Here is a story written by Sheila Place of East Freeman, Mass.

It's called The Frog and the Cream. One day, a little frog went for a walk. He came upon a bowl of cream and accidentally fell in. Trying to save himself, he started to swim. He kicked and kicked and kicked. Finally, he was too tired to kick anymore. But a strange thing had happened. He had kicked so hard and so long that he's no longer in the cup of cream, but standing on a pad of butter. To build a tree loom, you need two sticks, two stones, some string, and a low branch. The first thing you do is throw the string over the branch. Then you tie one of the sticks to the top and one of the sticks to the bottom.

Then you put the two stones on the string that's left over to weight it down. The next thing you do is warp the loom. The warp are the strings that run up and down. You make a loop over the top branch and bring the two ends through it and pull. And then you tie it around the warp string that came down. After the loom is warped, you're ready to weave. Start weaving, you take a ball string and you go under one warp string and over the other all the way across. One of the things I like about tree looms is you can weave in more things than just yarn. When the ball string runs out and you can start a new one or weave in just about anything you can think of.

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how to make a tree loom in your own backyard, send us a stamp, self-addressed envelope. That's an envelope with your name, address, and a stamp on it to Zoom, Box 350, Boston, Mass., 02134. Duncan Brown of Framingham, Massachusetts, sent us a play. It's called The Invaders from Outer Space. Our story begins in a typical American home. John, did you hear what the president said? We're going to be invaded from outer space. Yes, dear. Well, isn't that scary? Yes, dear. He'll probably be green with one eye. Maybe even breathe fire. Yes, dear. We've got to do something. John, you're not listening to a word I say. Yes, dear. We've got to do something. I've got it. Let's put boards on the doors, the floors, the windows, the walls, and the ceiling. What? I wasn't listening.

We're going to be invaded from outer space. Oh, no! What shall we do? There'll probably be horrible monsters with big, ugly teeth and horns. What shall we do? Let me think. Ah, I got it. Let's put boards on the doors, windows, floors, and ceilings. That's it. Let's do it. Okay, come on. Well, men, we're on a crash course. Our fuel line is leaking badly. But, Captain, what about the aliens that live on this planet? I read a book once that said our planet, Upper Dubber, is the only planet in the whole universe with human life on it. we may run into some horrible monsters here I'm scared me too we'll have our squirt guns ready just in case there's trouble we'll have to land soon let's aim for that oak tree down there is everybody ready yep here we go

I hear something. What's that noise? Oh, no. We're too late. They landed in our oak tree. What do we do now? Buy a new oak tree? This is no time for jokes. We'll soon see what kind of monsters live here. Let's try not to look frightened. I can hear them, but I can't understand what they're saying. They must be horrible monsters. Hey! They look just like us. Hi. Hi. Hi. How are you? Yes, what do you want? Well, we ran out of fuel. Oh, so you want some more fuel, right? Yeah.

All right, I'll go to the garage and get some more. Thank you. it's nice to meet you nice to meet you nice to meet you hope the feels the right kind hope it gets you back hi oh well here's your fuel thank you see we had nothing to worry about they're not monsters why were you so afraid dear they look just like us well goodbye here's the door right here bye bye come back thanks for the fuel just come on back to our house bye And so, the invaders from outer space went back into space in their rocket. And as for John and his wife, well, they bought a new oak tree. Here's a recipe idea sent in by Jenny Johnson, who didn't give us her address. It's how to make an ice cream snowman. What you need for it is some ice cream, a flat bottom ice cream cone, some red cinnamon drops, some chocolate drops, a red licorice stick, and a giant gum drop. What you do is you take the ice cream cone and you put some scoops in it.

Then, for the buttons, you use some chocolate drops. And then, for the eyes and nose and mouth, you use some red cinnamon drops. Then, for the arms, you use some red cinnamon sticks. And then, for the hat, you use a giant gumdrop.

And there you have it, your ice-cream snowman. Uh, my name is Brian Dewey. This is Russell Dewey, my cousin. We live on a sugar cane plantation in Tableau, Louisiana. We live right in the middle of the plantation and a sugar cane all around us, in the front, across the road, and on both sides. In the fall is when we usually start harvesting the cane, and harvesting the cane, the cane is eight to nine feet tall. The harvest is like a big monster, it looks like some kind of a monster that's about ready to grab you and eat you up.

It got big, sharp pieces of arm on it, like big old claws, like a crawfish claw when it grabs you. And if that grabs you, well, you're sure as gone as ever. When I was small, I was watching a horse, and I just couldn't wait till I get old enough to drive it. When I was nine, I finally got on it, and I did a lot of things wrong at first, but then I start to catch up, and I know how to work it now. What we're going to do here is cut the cane that the harvester couldn't get. In order to do that, you have to cut the top and the bottom. Long ago, they ain't had no harvester. They used to cut it by hand, and they get paid so much to roast. This cane looks like a long pole with green leaves on the top, and all the way from the bottom going up, They have green leaves, which are called shucks. The part that they make sugar from is a big center stock.

And protecting the sugar inside is a hard covering on the outside. It's good. It's like sugar. What do you think it is? Burn is not very hard, but it's fun, though. You go and play around with fire. That's all you have to do to burn is walk alone. And as you walk, the kerosene falls, and it falls with the fire, and then it burns the shocks. And after you burn it, there's the part about when you have to bundle it up. And a bundle up, it ain't very hard. It's easy, matter of fact, it's real easy. After the cane's loaded up into the wagon, me and Russell like to ride on it, because

when you go in that mud, it slides and it hops up and you like to fly out, and it's fun and it's dangerous, but we consider it that fun. It's just so much fun. You have Bella go out, play in the mud and water. You get all dirty. Kids always don't mind that, but the parents get mad. Got it?

When it's cane harvesting time, everybody has to pitch in and work to save the cane. This year has been really rough because of all the mud. Oh, the Lord, he thought he would make a man. These bones are going to rise again. Made them out of mud and a little bit of sand. These bones are going to rise again. I know it. Indeed, I know it. These bones are going to rise again.

Come on, everybody clap. Oh, Adam was the first he made These bones are gonna rise again Put him in a bank and he laid him in the shade These bones are gonna rise again Then the Lord took a rib from Adam's side These bones are gonna rise again Made Missy to be his bride These bones are gonna rise again I know it, indeed I know it These bones are gonna rise again Then he put them in a garden rich and fair These bones are gonna rise again Told them they could eat whatever was there These bones are gonna rise again But you grow a big tree, they must not go These bones are gonna rise again Gotta leave those apples on the tree to grow These bones are gonna rise again I know it, indeed I know it

These bones are gonna rise again Oh Miss Eve, she came a-wandering round These bones are gonna rise again Spied at the tree all loaded down These bones are gonna rise again First Miss Eve, she took a little pull These bones are gonna rise again Then she filled her apron full These bones are gonna rise again I know it, indeed I know it These bones are gonna rise again Then old Adam took a little slice These bones are gonna rise again Smacked his lips and he said it was nice These bones are gonna rise again Then the Lord came a-wondering round These bones are gonna rise again Spied them peelings on the ground These bones are gonna rise again I know it, you see that I know it These bones are gonna rise again Then the Lord, he spoke with a monstrous voice

These bones are gonna rise again Chucked his whole world to its very joys These bones are gonna rise again Adam, Adam, where art thou? Here, Master Lord, I am coming now Stole my apples, I believe No, Master Lord, I expect it was Eve Then the Lord rose up to his mighty wretch These bones are gonna rise again Hold on, you better beat it down the garden path These bones are gonna rise again Then the loophop and you're at the door These bones are gonna rise again So the bone will come here anymore These bones are gonna rise again Of this hell there isn't any more

These bones are gonna rise again Oh, eat at the apple, take it out of the cord These bones are gonna rise again I know it, did I know it These bombs are gonna rise again I know it Indeed I know it, these bones are gonna rise Again Well, that's the show. Why don't you write and tell us what you'd like to see again on Zoom?

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